On June 13th we received a call for assistance with a 30-year-old female Mustang horse named Summer. She laid down in her stall during the night and was unable to get up on her own. Her owner stated she had arthritis in her hind end but was an otherwise healthy horse. A veterinarian was on …
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Roberta, Cow in a Ravine
The call came in as “cow down cliff, caught in trees, 3 years old, feisty”. On site, we found a rust-colored cow about 50 feet down a steep incline. She stood in some brush and watched us, tossing her head nervously as more people arrived on site and looked over the edge. Arriving shortly after …
Buster, Horse Down a Slope
We got a call from the owner of Buster, a horse we’d helped a three years ago out in Orting. Before we’d met him, he’d had a broken pelvis and the convalescing had left him without enough muscle in his hind end to stand back up after laying down. We had gone out for a …
Dane, Horse Stuck in the Mud
Dane, our subject yesterday, ended up sunk to his belly in mud at about noon. At the request of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, we set out from the equipment van’s base in Enumclaw for Snohomish’s Lord Hill County Park, a popular equine destination. When we arrived, we were met by Snohomish County Search & …